Octuplet Mom Update: The Circus Continues

Ever since octuplet mother Nadya Suleman was released February 6 from a Kaiser Permanente hospital in Bellflower, her public image has steadily plummeted southward. Her early, somewhat-disparaging nickname, Octo-Mom, seems to have come from talk radio, probably KFI. By the time she checked out of Kaiser, TMZ.com was dubbing her Octopussy. Now every time Suleman goes shopping photos memorialize the event, captioned with claims that she's spending taxpayer's money to buy lipstick or a burger. Nadya Suleman's woes have multiplied so quickly that it's nearly impossible to assemble an adequate timeline of publicity fiascos, but a thumbnail account is possible. Please see below.

February 9 One of her publicists, Mike Furtney, discloses that Suleman is on welfare -- after she denied accepting public assistance during a Today interview.

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February 9 Her "unconscionable" decision to have the multiple births, which were accomplished by an in vitro fertilization process, is badmouthed by Suleman's mother, Angela, in an interview with RadarOline.